Paper-ruling machine.



PATBNTED NOV. '24, 1903.

. A. L. BARBER. PAPER RULING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILED APR. 21, 1903. I0 KQD'EL. I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

o. 745,136. PATENTED NOV. 24; 1903' A. L. BARBER.

. PAPER RULING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I-ILBD APR. 21, 1903.

UNITED STATES iatented November 24, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAPER-RU LING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,136, dated November 24:, 1903.

Application filed April 21, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LAMBERT BAR- BER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, of Heckmondwike, in the county of York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Ruling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'improvements in machines for ruling lines upon paper or other convenient substances, and has for its objects improvements in the construction of the penframe, improved means for adjusting the height of the pen, improved means for securing the pen to its holder, and improved means for carrying inking-flannels to the pens. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the beam and frame and pen-carrier'of a rulingmachine embracing parts of this my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached and enlarged sectional view; Fig. 3, a plan view of the adjustable penholder. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on line A B, Fig. 2, of the penholder. Fig. 5 is a sectional View on line C D, Fig. 6, showing the means for supplying the ink to the pens; and Fig. 6 is aplan view of the means for supplying the inkto the pens. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line E F, Fig. 6, showing the flannel connections and the method of carrying them.

Similar reference-numbers refer throughout the several views to the same thing or part.

Only such parts of the machine are shown as are necessary to explain this my invention.

8 is the beam of the machine, to which the frame 9 is secured by means of the screws 10, clamping the tongue 11 thereto, or by other suitable means. Upon the front part of the frame the pens 12 are carried by means of clips 13, adjustably carried in slideway 14. In the frame I make the open way at 15, so that the shank 16 of the penholder may pass therethrough. Hithertothesaidframeshave been made without this opening. Consequently when a pen-point was desired to be placed at an unusual distance forward of the front of the frame a pen with a long shank I was required; but such long-shanked pen Serial No. 153,719. (No model.)

having the opening 15, however, the longshanked pens may be used for long or short distances, and thus the number of pens required is reduced. I

It is well known in machines of this class that the point of the pen wears tolerably fast, and as such wear takes place the end of the pen is bent downward a little more until the point assumes the desired position. To this there is the objection that it usually takes several bendings and unbendings before the exact position is attained and also the angle of the pen is altered to disadvantage. obviate this, I form at the end of the shank 16 an extension 17, which is placed at the best angle for the pen-point to act, and upon this is slidingly carried the pen-carrier 18, which may be adj ustably raised or lowered to suit the pen-point. In some cases this arrangement is also useful if the particular pen is not required for a time. It may be readily raised from off its work without its entire recould notbe used for short distances. By

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moval and be as easily put into work again I when required. I further provide improved means for attaching the pen to the carrier, as

follows: The carrier has two plates 18 and 18 betweenwhich the pen-plate 12 is placed. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) These are secured together by eyelet 12 and, further, by puncturing a hole 12 with an awl or the like tool, by which the burs thus caused prevent any tendency to rotative movement.

It sometimes happens that single pens are placed in advance of others that receive their supply of ink from a flannel which supplies a number of them in the ordinary way, and to supply these forwardly-standing pens I have made the following improved means. I form the flannel-carrier 19, which is attached to the pen-carrier 18, by means of the hook 20 on the flannel-carrier taking into the loop 21, formed on the pen-carrier or other suitable similarconnection. Thesupplementaryflannel 22 has its one end resting upon and feeding the pen 12, while its other end is carried to and lies upon' any main flannel 23 that is nearest and receives its supply therefrom.

I also provide improved means for carrying flannels, such as 23, as follows: I provide pairs of brackets 24 24 the rear parts of which extend across the slideway 14 and terminate with a lump or shoulder on its under side, between which and the exterior wall of the slideway 14 a wedge 25 is forced, and thus secures the bracket in position by reason of the end 26 abutting against the front surface 27 of the frame. Upon these brackets are guides 28 and 29, made to receive the loops 30, which lie at a convenient angle to suit the pens. The flannel 23 is furnished with hooklike fittings 31, which may be readily connected to loops 30. Hence the flannel 23 may be stretched across a number of pens and be securely held by and from the brackets 24 24. The ink is supplied to the said flannel in any of the already-known ways.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a pen-shank having a portion thereof directed downward at the angle at which it is desired to hold the pen, and a pencarrieradjustable longitudinally on the downwardly-extending portion of said shank.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a longitudinally-movable penshank havingaportion thereofdirected downward at the angle at which it is desired to hold'the pen, and a pen-carrier adjustable longitudinally on the downwardly-extending portion of said shank.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a longitudinally and laterally movable pen-shank having a portion thereof directed downwardly at the angle at which it is desired to hold the pen, and a pen-carrier adjustable longitudinally on the downwardlyextending portion of said shank.

4. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets supported thereby, loops carried by the brackets, and an ink-feeder having means to engage the loops.

5. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets supported thereby, loops adj ustably connected with the bracket, and an ink-feeder having means to engage the loops.

6. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets supported thereby and provided with guideways, loops engaging the guideways, and an ink-feeder having means to engage the loops.

7. In a machine of the class described, a,

frame, brackets supported thereby and provided with guideways, loops engaging the guideways, and an ink-feeder carrying hooks to engage the loops.

8. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets carried thereby and provided with guideways, movable members engaging the guideways, and an ink-feeder having means to engage the said members, said inkfeeder being movable in a direction parallel with said brackets.

9. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets carried thereby, movable members supported by the brackets, and an ink-feeder having means to engage the said members, said ink-feeder being movable in a direction parallel with said brackets.

10. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets adjustably connected therewith, and an ink-feeder adjustably connected with the brackets, said ink-feeder being movable in a direction parallel with said brackets.

11. In a machine of the class described, a frame, brackets supported thereby, and an inkfeeder adjustably supported on the brackets, said ink-feeder being movable in a direction parallel with said brackets.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with alongitudinally-adjustable pen-carrying shank, of an ink-feeder, adjustable longitudinally With respect to said pencarrying shank.

13 In a machine of the class described, the combination with a longitudinally and laterally adjustable pen-carrying shank, of an inkfeeder, adjustable longitudinally with respect to said pen-carrying shank.

14. In a machine of the class described, a pen, a main ink-feeder disposed thereover, a second pen disposed in advance of the firstnamed pen, and a supplemental ink-feeder carried by the latter pen and receiving supply from the main ink-feeder.

15. In a machine of the class described, a main frame, a supplemental frame carried thereby, said supplemental frame having an opening therethrough, and a pen -carrying shank carried by said supplemental frame, one end of said shank being adapted to project through said opening.

16. The combination with frame 9, of brackets 24, 24, with means forsecurin g them to said frame, loops 30, and guides on said brackets for said loops with flannels 23 having means of attachment to said loops, all as set forth and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR LAMBERT BARBER.

WVitnesses:

(J. HAYWARD POWELL, J. B. HAYWARD. 

